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don't care much where —" said Alice.
so. long as / get somewhere, long enough':
over the coming years.
It is a revealing commentary on the situation in Britain under a Labour Government in 19T7 that a basic question involving the right of workers to join a trade union of their choice cannot be resolved without a major clash with the State.
proves that Michael Foot's laws to protect trade union rights are a joke; that trade union leaders in the only pay attention when confronted with rank-and-file militancy. all, they let the strike linger on for 44 WOOKS. Their advice to the strikers that If they persevered (or walked long enough as the Cat would have it in Alice in Wonder(and) they would get someThis advice tumed out to be worse than useless. The strikers and those workers who support them realised that class-struggle politics are not only correct in the abstract, but also provide the most practical means to lead a struggle to victory.
THE NUT The lactory itseif la a sweatshop. presided over employer. a nineteenth century Georpe Ward (the nut in question). Ward Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1.
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Would you tell me please, which way fought to go from That depends a good deal on where you want fo get to, Then it doesn't matter which way you go", said the Car.
(Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderiand)
THE PICKET LINE outside the Grunwick factory In North London symbolises today the most Important political struggle which is taking place in the country. Its outcome will help to determine the sort of struggle we are likely to see ced APEX to retreat.
THE TORY PARTY AND A DEFEAT The political organisation which is in real disarray over Grunwick is the leadership of the Tory Parту. Margaret Thatcher's patronage of the National Association For Freedom and her own right-wing views Impel her to Ward and be done with it.
But the Interests of mainstream of the British ruling class require that the dispute is resolved quickly by legislative methods without union bashing.
So the Tory front bench -815 Senty 33 Callaghan baits them for opposing trade union rights. nificant section of the Tory backbenchers are not as shy, and most of them have been backing Ward. PereSunday's Telegraph spoke about Ward: it is an infectious, not to say inspiring spectacie, which has already releasad great waves of Let the law againat violent forced and the striking postmen punished.. the Conservatives say that when returned power, will not hesitate fo GEOFF BELL reports.
Perhaps the police thought it was their last opportunity to Ward: their hatred of workers in Or maybe the thuggery was a Tinal attempt by someone in high authority to frighten the striker Into giving ap mass action and handing nver their fate to judges and courts of inquiry. was no mistaking the scale of th violence.Ray Edwards.
General Secrelary of APEX -who has been suspected of being in favour of ceding the pickeling back acacribed the polce aticks graphically. the wards said. seen the brutality which I saw on this picket line toduy truncheons.
Edwards was referring to th A sig- police assault on the pickets at Chapter Road at about 9.30 a.m Colin Talbot, a member of the Executive of the National Enice of Students, was on the receiving end of the attacks: *A half-hearted shove at the pal reaction CUCTION TITU. than Just counter-pushing, the police started ramming делі-ир cruse a against the dozen redge of police tried to off the front portion of pickets.
Let wu butted out of be piest. 1 Then Individuals started picketing. That may have been one reason why the police attacked sections of the picket with more ferocity than st any time since the first few days of the mass picket.
reason, then Assistant The vlo. inbody expecte flying the arrest. Bill Freeman's arrest: Tay started kicking me sction in turned round and smashed ment belmet into the face of a pick. ments had Thepolice police print worker whose solidarieg demanding the right of reply to severul pro-manage editorials advertise cuused much anger ruline circles, fall freemen of the print union NATSOPA told of bis arrest: pavement with saddenly came up and said. "Right, get up the rond" if I could speek to them. The ergeant sud ll Bine Fou Re grubbed hold of my co biers and pulled me onto the bu CUT HAULE SEE has. I've had five serious bear attacks and when they got to thi STOOD TOUE them an hour and a half to get luca. It took me a docter There is evidence that the potice picked out those they wusted to arrest. Ray Edwands said: "Quite
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said Alice Oh, you're sure to do that, said the Car, If you only walk
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Rumours flew around the Grunwick picket line last Friday that APEX was going to try and call off the mass